Wages by Occupation in York-Hanover, PA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the York-Hanover, PA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 183,590 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,170 for all occupations combined. 390 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the York-Hanover, PA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

27.6% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.7), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 96.0 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 79.8; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 19,687 residents (4.4% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,083; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 4.1% in 2025, with a labor force of about 238,025 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

31.7% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.8), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$36,683	$32,485
High school graduate	$43,223	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$52,184	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$70,264	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$84,879	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	17.8% (±2.1)	24.2%
High school graduate	10.2% (±0.8)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	5.7% (±0.7)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.8% (±0.4)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	6.7% (±2.6)	7.7%
High school graduate	3.9% (±0.7)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	3.9% (±0.7)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3% (±0.6)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	30.4%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	12.4%	10.0%
Business	18.2%	20.1%
Education	17.8%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	21.1%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	1,400	$75,160	$81,320	7.64	0.82
Administrative Services Managers	90	$105,330	$120,130	0.47	0.27
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$48,960	$60,320	0.25	0.42
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	40	$31,760	$32,460	0.20	2.47
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	450	$22,720	$25,280	2.44	0.95
Animal Caretakers	300	$29,400	$32,800	1.64	0.95
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	70	$96,250	$101,350	0.39	0.57
Architectural and Civil Drafters	190	$67,360	$68,290	1.01	1.52
Architectural and Engineering Managers	330	$157,810	$163,530	1.81	1.28
Athletic Trainers	50	$68,150	$65,350	0.26	1.30
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$50,640	$58,270	0.20	0.45
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	90	$31,420	$32,020	0.49	0.75
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	260	$52,900	$55,230	1.40	1.45
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,000	$55,110	$56,040	5.43	1.20
Bakers	470	$35,790	$38,430	2.54	1.67
Bartenders	960	$28,810	$35,740	5.24	1.08
Bill and Account Collectors	120	$46,980	$47,690	0.64	0.62
Billing and Posting Clerks	520	$45,090	$47,340	2.81	1.08
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,270	$47,590	$49,750	6.91	0.78
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	60	$60,140	$67,650	0.33	0.97
Budget Analysts	30	$91,250	$91,010	0.18	0.59
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	500	$62,700	$63,350	2.71	1.45
Bus Drivers, School	950	$47,060	$45,220	5.17	1.99
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	320	$46,760	$48,410	1.74	1.70
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	780	$90,230	$92,500	4.26	0.61
Butchers and Meat Cutters	90	$38,340	$41,860	0.50	0.57
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	670	$73,840	$80,950	3.63	1.15
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	100	$46,930	$48,080	0.57	1.14
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	130	$61,220	$67,930	0.72	1.79
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$52,210	$61,140	0.35	0.48
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	160	$84,300	$84,700	0.87	1.21
Cargo and Freight Agents	60	$48,340	$51,280	0.33	0.53
Carpenters	1,190	$61,160	$67,470	6.50	1.51
Cashiers	4,040	$29,360	$29,710	22.01	1.11
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	240	$59,840	$60,630	1.31	0.99
Chefs and Head Cooks	160	$56,860	$62,800	0.89	0.69
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	200	$46,880	$49,570	1.08	1.20
Chemical Technicians	70	$52,170	$57,800	0.39	1.05
Chemists	160	$94,200	$96,910	0.88	1.66
Chief Executives	170	$217,730	$271,260	0.93	0.71
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	500	$52,850	$55,140	2.72	1.08
Childcare Workers	470	$30,310	$32,280	2.55	0.76
Chiropractors	40	$62,200	$70,480	0.20	0.79
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$65,960	$68,940	0.20	0.45
Civil Engineers	400	$95,040	$97,820	2.17	0.92
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	100	$84,590	$86,060	0.54	0.26
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	390	$36,660	$37,720	2.12	0.87
Clergy	50	$50,200	$50,500	0.27	0.74
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	260	$52,590	$57,610	1.40	0.66
Coaches and Scouts	140	$48,650	$53,980	0.77	0.48
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	390	$49,580	$52,310	2.10	2.06
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	50	$57,550	$55,770	0.27	3.25
Commercial and Industrial Designers	30	$81,690	$81,280	0.17	0.81
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	50	$53,610	$54,850	0.27	0.39
Community Health Workers	40	$49,410	$61,890	0.24	0.60
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	70	$71,290	$76,580	0.40	0.55
Compliance Officers	320	$72,210	$85,270	1.72	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers	400	$148,580	$153,950	2.19	0.51
Computer Network Architects	110	$115,820	$122,110	0.57	0.50
Computer Network Support Specialists	70	$84,310	$87,420	0.40	0.42
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	480	$51,770	$54,900	2.64	2.42
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	40	$73,190	$70,690	0.23	1.25
Computer Occupations, All Other	550	$125,050	$121,280	2.97	1.06
Computer Programmers	80	$91,760	$90,380	0.44	0.75
Computer Systems Analysts	270	$96,600	$103,830	1.46	0.44
Computer User Support Specialists	580	$58,880	$61,610	3.19	0.69
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	120	$47,040	$50,200	0.67	1.58
Concierges	70	$38,960	$39,970	0.36	1.13
Construction and Building Inspectors	140	$65,270	$68,360	0.75	0.79
Construction Laborers	1,250	$49,350	$53,420	6.79	0.96
Construction Managers	410	$105,870	$117,820	2.26	0.92
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	50	$45,130	$46,000	0.28	1.92
Cooks, Fast Food	480	$28,520	$29,620	2.60	0.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	900	$36,030	$37,120	4.91	1.73
Cooks, Restaurant	1,470	$36,310	$35,860	8.03	0.89
Cooks, Short Order	120	$22,160	$24,410	0.63	0.71
Cost Estimators	460	$80,170	$87,020	2.51	1.74
Counter and Rental Clerks	330	$43,720	$43,810	1.81	0.70
Couriers and Messengers	80	$39,290	$39,310	0.43	0.98
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	80	$39,030	$43,560	0.42	0.36
Crane and Tower Operators	60	$63,680	$61,500	0.33	1.19
Credit Analysts	40	$64,650	$76,860	0.19	0.46
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	130	$34,660	$38,620	0.71	1.18
Customer Service Representatives	2,330	$42,420	$44,550	12.70	0.76
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	150	$50,310	$50,130	0.84	2.90
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	580	$46,790	$48,060	3.14	2.85
Data Entry Keyers	140	$41,740	$42,150	0.75	0.92
Data Scientists	130	$97,510	$104,140	0.69	0.41
Database Administrators	40	$85,630	$99,310	0.21	0.46
Dental Assistants	350	$46,550	$51,230	1.90	0.76
Dental Hygienists	300	$80,380	$83,680	1.65	1.15
Dentists, General	80	$150,290	$166,730	0.46	0.57
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	80	$96,070	$102,580	0.42	0.57
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	100	$81,700	$84,980	0.56	0.96
Dietetic Technicians	80	$30,490	$33,030	0.41	2.02
Dietitians and Nutritionists	120	$62,760	$62,770	0.63	1.27
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	560	$30,010	$31,270	3.06	0.88
Dishwashers	520	$29,590	$28,660	2.81	0.92
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	230	$51,380	$53,390	1.23	0.95
Driver/Sales Workers	440	$36,770	$38,440	2.40	0.91
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	380	$122,130	$118,080	2.05	0.97
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	40	$99,830	$116,290	0.24	0.21
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	100	$54,440	$54,360	0.57	1.20
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	80	$46,610	$40,960	0.43	0.56
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	250	$76,360	$75,560	1.36	0.60
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	220	$69,940	$66,300	1.18	1.93
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	80	$70,420	$67,290	0.43	1.04
Electrical Engineers	330	$107,490	$117,920	1.78	1.39
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	120	$105,340	$89,630	0.67	0.79
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	700	$38,310	$42,470	3.82	2.41
Electricians	770	$65,370	$73,060	4.17	0.86
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	60	$93,130	$100,100	0.31	0.50
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,260	$79,730	$74,550	12.31	1.38
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	150	$57,720	$58,450	0.84	0.84
Emergency Medical Technicians	340	$39,580	$41,720	1.85	1.59
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	70	$60,840	$64,450	0.38	0.99
Engineers, All Other	130	$93,940	$100,630	0.72	0.73
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	30	$60,740	$64,550	0.18	0.75
Environmental Engineers	30	$102,260	$109,330	0.19	0.76
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	90	$76,500	$89,740	0.47	0.82
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	180	$66,210	$69,650	0.97	0.33
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	420	$37,410	$42,980	2.31	1.11
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	160	$47,220	$50,240	0.88	2.24
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$48,860	$48,820	0.49	1.31
Facilities Managers	190	$93,040	$98,500	1.04	1.03
Family Medicine Physicians	70	$341,630	$287,850	0.40	0.58
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,240	$27,920	$28,070	28.54	1.15
File Clerks	50	$43,680	$45,350	0.25	0.52
Financial and Investment Analysts	150	$77,800	$84,820	0.81	0.35
Financial Managers	640	$133,030	$148,290	3.48	0.64
Financial Specialists, All Other	110	$108,160	$104,450	0.59	0.70
Firefighters	110	$67,570	$64,130	0.57	0.26
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,000	$80,000	$86,620	5.47	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	90	$45,910	$48,570	0.50	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	30	$103,250	$98,240	0.17	0.27
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,060	$39,600	$42,300	5.79	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	150	$44,990	$47,960	0.82	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	140	$53,790	$55,740	0.76	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	790	$78,970	$83,670	4.29	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	180	$78,560	$84,240	1.00	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,560	$64,250	$68,400	8.51	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	260	$47,280	$48,040	1.42	1.93
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	120	$107,700	$111,350	0.65	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,380	$74,050	$75,540	7.51	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,520	$45,450	$48,950	8.29	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	60	$57,100	$62,480	0.33	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	950	$62,270	$64,080	5.15	1.28
Floral Designers	50	$35,350	$35,200	0.26	0.98
Food Batchmakers	480	$45,190	$43,250	2.62	2.34
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	370	$46,350	$46,300	2.01	10.01
Food Preparation Workers	430	$31,100	$31,740	2.33	0.41
Food Processing Workers, All Other	50	$37,500	$37,300	0.25	0.60
Food Science Technicians	40	$44,720	$44,600	0.20	2.18
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	340	$33,500	$33,810	1.84	0.98
Food Service Managers	350	$64,050	$64,560	1.88	1.23
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	50	$46,660	$44,170	0.28	3.38
Fundraisers	70	$56,640	$63,420	0.39	0.55
Gas Plant Operators	40	$94,170	$85,840	0.23	1.95
General and Operations Managers	4,740	$99,640	$117,970	25.83	1.15
General Internal Medicine Physicians	50	$344,040	$364,040	0.26	0.59
Graphic Designers	230	$54,980	$59,870	1.23	0.97
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	210	$44,450	$44,960	1.16	2.69
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	30	$49,020	$40,210	0.17	1.88
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	510	$36,050	$42,530	2.77	1.41
Health Education Specialists	70	$77,610	$74,530	0.37	0.87
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	470	$44,140	$47,260	2.58	2.20
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	60	$43,390	$58,330	0.31	1.38
Healthcare Social Workers	180	$62,690	$67,090	0.99	0.82
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	140	$40,120	$43,520	0.74	1.05
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$57,290	$54,640	0.20	2.20
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	560	$61,970	$64,020	3.07	1.16
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,500	$58,590	$60,560	19.08	1.44
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	80	$44,340	$43,090	0.42	0.68
Helpers--Production Workers	420	$45,870	$44,250	2.30	2.16
Highway Maintenance Workers	270	$49,500	$50,890	1.47	1.47
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,400	$32,690	$33,890	18.51	0.67
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	570	$29,490	$29,330	3.13	1.12
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	220	$30,410	$31,620	1.17	0.70
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	100	$49,620	$49,340	0.56	0.97
Human Resources Managers	210	$130,140	$136,800	1.13	0.80
Human Resources Specialists	980	$74,350	$79,940	5.32	0.91
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$69,270	$67,530	0.33	0.69
Industrial Engineers	500	$93,810	$97,580	2.70	1.15
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,120	$66,540	$68,610	6.10	2.16
Industrial Production Managers	450	$112,490	$121,360	2.45	1.55
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2,900	$46,270	$48,820	15.78	3.17
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	50	$60,010	$57,210	0.26	0.29
Information Security Analysts	50	$91,790	$97,340	0.29	0.24
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,420	$48,790	$51,570	7.74	2.02
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	160	$47,590	$50,170	0.86	0.76
Instructional Coordinators	80	$66,600	$71,700	0.42	0.29
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	50	$49,280	$50,520	0.28	0.96
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	50	$55,380	$65,750	0.27	1.61
Insurance Sales Agents	540	$61,990	$84,010	2.92	0.95
Interior Designers	40	$59,370	$64,420	0.20	0.44
Interpreters and Translators	40	$64,330	$70,280	0.20	0.60
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	40	$44,130	$43,160	0.23	0.24
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,490	$36,390	$36,880	13.58	0.96
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	190	$80,710	$77,520	1.05	1.50
Labor Relations Specialists	50	$80,810	$99,860	0.26	0.62
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	7,360	$43,380	$42,480	40.09	2.11
Landscape Architects	—	$74,670	$88,450	—	—
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,100	$38,350	$41,130	6.01	0.98
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	110	$32,070	$32,970	0.59	0.46
Lawyers	400	$126,350	$141,560	2.20	0.45
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	120	$50,010	$52,450	0.67	0.66
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	130	$47,840	$61,760	0.72	0.84
Library Assistants, Clerical	90	$27,890	$31,240	0.50	0.91
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,070	$63,460	$64,730	5.82	1.40
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	40	$57,910	$62,760	0.20	0.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	130	$29,730	$34,120	0.72	0.72
Light Truck Drivers	1,310	$45,980	$50,560	7.12	1.13
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	60	$48,110	$47,270	0.33	0.31
Loan Officers	130	$62,030	$79,720	0.73	0.41
Logisticians	550	$83,890	$91,680	3.01	1.86
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	160	$39,350	$43,100	0.88	3.23
Machinists	540	$53,290	$57,100	2.96	1.60
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	100	$82,520	$84,270	0.54	1.93
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	580	$31,250	$32,810	3.13	0.57
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	80	$45,390	$43,640	0.44	1.25
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,040	$53,610	$54,890	11.12	1.13
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	50	$57,310	$61,790	0.30	0.77
Management Analysts	540	$104,770	$108,480	2.94	0.51
Managers, All Other	510	$134,040	$134,450	2.78	0.69
Manicurists and Pedicurists	330	$29,180	$32,660	1.80	1.84
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	570	$65,020	$74,930	3.11	0.54
Marketing Managers	240	$130,870	$141,310	1.29	0.51
Marriage and Family Therapists	30	$59,530	$62,570	0.17	0.38
Massage Therapists	80	$59,540	$63,300	0.42	0.67
Mechanical Drafters	140	$62,730	$70,000	0.75	2.92
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	90	$81,330	$76,280	0.51	2.21
Mechanical Engineers	690	$94,160	$98,650	3.78	1.98
Medical and Health Services Managers	700	$103,660	$112,020	3.79	0.99
Medical Assistants	710	$43,620	$43,320	3.84	0.73
Medical Equipment Preparers	110	$46,320	$44,250	0.62	1.25
Medical Records Specialists	160	$44,840	$50,950	0.86	0.69
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	100	$80,450	$91,760	0.54	0.49
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	890	$44,250	$44,220	4.85	0.78
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$52,820	$57,510	0.33	0.36
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	80	$45,050	$49,670	0.42	0.49
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	130	$40,970	$44,920	0.71	0.67
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	70	$44,490	$43,400	0.36	3.54
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	40	$45,810	$45,930	0.19	1.78
Meter Readers, Utilities	40	$39,310	$54,250	0.20	1.59
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	810	$81,830	$79,820	4.41	1.11
Millwrights	80	$64,530	$69,770	0.43	1.66
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,560	$43,290	$44,540	13.95	1.54
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	210	$48,510	$53,260	1.16	1.89
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	680	$65,950	$64,410	3.69	3.25
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	80	$48,540	$49,840	0.42	1.97
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	360	$45,970	$46,640	1.98	2.05
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$64,910	$69,350	0.22	1.35
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	50	$38,100	$45,210	0.26	0.86
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$49,000	$50,890	1.74	2.18
Natural Sciences Managers	80	$112,790	$125,720	0.42	0.60
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	180	$83,720	$88,300	1.00	0.49
New Accounts Clerks	50	$50,790	$48,890	0.28	1.16
Nurse Anesthetists	110	$219,980	$250,240	0.59	1.77
Nurse Practitioners	270	$131,700	$130,950	1.47	0.71
Nursing Assistants	1,890	$44,530	$43,740	10.28	1.10
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	—	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	—	—
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	180	$90,100	$91,910	1.00	1.11
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	60	$60,750	$64,300	0.34	1.74
Occupational Therapists	160	$99,180	$102,070	0.87	0.84
Occupational Therapy Assistants	50	$64,180	$65,940	0.26	0.77
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	180	$59,970	$57,290	1.00	0.81
Office Clerks, General	3,040	$44,620	$45,370	16.55	1.04
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	50	$36,410	$39,490	0.25	1.53
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	790	$61,870	$65,700	4.33	1.41
Operations Research Analysts	30	$117,740	$113,010	0.17	0.24
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	30	$37,780	$38,210	0.18	1.52
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	100	$43,400	$43,890	0.55	1.20
Opticians, Dispensing	100	$45,300	$46,670	0.54	1.14
Optometrists	80	$134,990	$135,580	0.43	1.56
Order Clerks	80	$47,360	$47,660	0.44	0.91
Orderlies	170	$39,630	$41,620	0.94	2.79
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$44,380	$44,670	0.26	1.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,210	$47,160	$47,330	6.57	2.70
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,960	$41,800	$40,220	10.68	2.97
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	200	$54,010	$52,190	1.07	0.74
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	550	$51,500	$50,870	2.98	4.82
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	240	$59,400	$60,520	1.32	0.52
Paramedics	100	$59,710	$56,970	0.53	0.81
Parking Attendants	80	$31,250	$31,940	0.43	0.48
Parts Salespersons	410	$39,190	$42,040	2.22	1.28
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	170	$53,960	$54,280	0.91	0.92
Pediatricians, General	40	$344,960	$274,970	0.20	0.77
Personal Financial Advisors	130	$115,540	$171,080	0.73	0.43
Pest Control Workers	80	$44,700	$44,830	0.46	0.70
Pharmacists	300	$137,420	$138,730	1.65	0.80
Pharmacy Technicians	520	$37,220	$40,690	2.85	0.94
Phlebotomists	170	$43,170	$42,950	0.92	1.00
Photographers	40	$40,240	$50,010	0.21	0.64
Physical Therapist Assistants	130	$62,400	$62,460	0.69	0.96
Physical Therapists	270	$102,170	$102,940	1.45	0.84
Physician Assistants	290	$126,530	$121,670	1.58	1.52
Pipelayers	30	$58,400	$58,300	0.17	0.80
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	130	$42,290	$42,600	0.70	3.34
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	420	$70,100	$81,300	2.29	0.76
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	630	$79,550	$83,540	3.44	0.80
Postal Service Clerks	90	$62,130	$62,050	0.46	0.98
Postal Service Mail Carriers	440	$58,570	$61,690	2.41	1.14
Prepress Technicians and Workers	80	$48,820	$50,040	0.42	2.75
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	510	$35,050	$35,970	2.80	0.91
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	190	$39,430	$43,540	1.01	4.73
Printing Press Operators	520	$47,370	$48,940	2.83	3.05
Procurement Clerks	170	$64,770	$63,530	0.92	2.55
Producers and Directors	40	$61,000	$69,650	0.24	0.27
Production Workers, All Other	450	$38,330	$44,120	2.48	1.53
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	540	$61,380	$61,040	2.97	1.18
Project Management Specialists	1,160	$100,170	$106,200	6.30	0.92
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$48,170	$52,660	0.22	0.59
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	240	$61,100	$75,330	1.33	0.67
Protective Service Workers, All Other	260	$33,260	$36,700	1.41	2.68
Psychiatric Technicians	120	$43,120	$44,390	0.64	0.63
Public Relations Specialists	220	$55,660	$62,200	1.18	0.65
Public Safety Telecommunicators	90	$50,770	$49,030	0.49	0.75
Purchasing Managers	100	$126,690	$132,240	0.56	1.03
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	250	$68,150	$71,080	1.33	0.90
Radiologists	110	$384,290	$334,390	0.60	3.47
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$49,250	$61,050	0.75	0.60
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,160	$36,400	$35,730	6.32	1.08
Recreation Workers	230	$35,090	$36,590	1.24	0.58
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	150	$47,040	$47,420	0.82	0.86
Registered Nurses	3,680	$96,210	$93,310	20.07	0.92
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	50	$34,510	$39,050	0.24	0.32
Residential Advisors	100	$41,230	$42,140	0.56	1.03
Respiratory Therapists	230	$79,540	$79,450	1.25	1.39
Retail Salespersons	4,680	$30,480	$33,460	25.51	1.02
Roofers	200	$53,540	$55,950	1.12	1.28
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	130	$27,750	$34,800	0.69	1.16
Sales Engineers	90	$94,020	$97,760	0.50	1.49
Sales Managers	520	$126,120	$139,910	2.83	0.69
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	880	$63,400	$72,330	4.79	0.59
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,760	$66,990	$79,310	9.58	1.20
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	40	$38,650	$43,320	0.21	0.80
School Psychologists	60	$99,550	$90,580	0.31	0.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	990	$80,870	$78,970	5.41	0.79
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,820	$44,860	$45,140	9.93	0.90
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	210	$58,830	$80,330	1.14	0.36
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	120	$50,900	$54,010	0.64	1.16
Security Guards	830	$35,660	$40,680	4.54	0.55
Self-Enrichment Teachers	390	$42,870	$46,890	2.11	0.99
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$48,390	$50,110	0.61	1.58
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$51,380	$53,450	0.29	1.48
Sewing Machine Operators	140	$39,430	$38,590	0.77	1.15
Sheet Metal Workers	180	$60,350	$66,780	0.96	1.25
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,450	$47,480	$48,390	7.91	1.51
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	320	$32,730	$33,750	1.74	1.09
Skincare Specialists	—	$46,920	$48,770	—	—
Social and Community Service Managers	310	$63,570	$68,010	1.70	1.26
Social and Human Service Assistants	450	$41,580	$42,620	2.43	0.86
Software Developers	720	$114,600	$123,010	3.93	0.36
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	80	$74,390	$85,480	0.42	0.35
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	300	$76,120	$72,660	1.64	0.98
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	170	$62,530	$69,240	0.95	1.55
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	270	$83,280	$86,910	1.47	1.40
Speech-Language Pathologists	190	$96,380	$97,360	1.05	0.89
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	60	$64,320	$64,150	0.33	1.80
Stockers and Order Fillers	5,340	$37,030	$38,810	29.07	1.60
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	160	$52,700	$53,950	0.86	2.56
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	800	$51,470	$56,180	4.33	1.37
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	410	$43,110	$41,670	2.23	0.66
Surgical Technologists	150	$62,670	$65,820	0.79	1.05
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$59,500	$61,320	0.27	0.73
Surveyors	70	$77,170	$79,950	0.37	1.13
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	50	$55,560	$69,510	0.27	0.75
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	50	$47,440	$57,950	0.25	0.35
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,940	$35,540	$35,020	10.56	1.16
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	100	$67,820	$66,440	0.55	0.61
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	80	$62,350	$65,820	0.46	0.73
Telemarketers	50	$31,110	$31,860	0.27	0.72
Tellers	480	$39,950	$41,810	2.63	1.24
Tire Repairers and Changers	100	$36,210	$38,080	0.54	0.77
Tool and Die Makers	200	$66,320	$64,700	1.10	3.01
Training and Development Managers	30	$117,070	$128,870	0.17	0.56
Training and Development Specialists	440	$59,690	$71,350	2.40	0.81
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	370	$103,840	$113,900	1.99	1.40
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	—	$53,960	$53,150	—	—
Tutors	50	$45,300	$43,070	0.30	0.26
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	90	$21,810	$24,170	0.48	0.62
Veterinarians	130	$129,610	$160,660	0.69	1.28
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	110	$36,640	$36,720	0.62	0.76
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	230	$45,120	$43,760	1.26	1.51
Waiters and Waitresses	2,340	$33,750	$37,000	12.73	0.87
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	180	$61,250	$61,280	0.98	1.19
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	130	$50,580	$52,930	0.71	2.09
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	730	$55,070	$56,170	3.98	1.49
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$46,090	$45,850	0.50	2.48
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	80	$44,800	$46,580	0.41	1.04

Colleges in this area

7 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Empire Beauty School-Hanover	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	55
Empire Beauty School-York	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	90
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York	Public	4-year or above	677
World A Cuts Barber Institute	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	20
York College of Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	3,825
York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education	Public	Less than 2-year	229
YTI Career Institute-York	Private for-profit	2-year	642

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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